Digital products for aircraft maintenance and MRO operations
Vaerolabs is the software development arm of Lufthansa Technik, building mission-critical digital products for aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modification workflows. The tech stack is classically enterprise—Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Azure databases, Kafka, OpenShift—with heavy DevOps and compliance tooling (BPMN, regulatory monitoring). Active hiring across engineering and product is concentrated in Bulgaria, signaling a maturing nearshore delivery model for a single, high-stakes customer.
Vaerolabs was founded in 2023 as the dedicated software development organization for Lufthansa Technik, one of the world's largest aircraft MRO providers. The company builds digital products that streamline maintenance scheduling, customer engagement, and regulatory compliance across Lufthansa Technik's multiple service divisions. With 51–200 employees based in Sofia, Bulgaria, Vaerolabs operates as an in-house dev shop modernizing legacy processes and moving the organization toward fully digital operations. Core challenges center on digitalizing complex maintenance workflows, managing compliance and regulatory risk, and replacing fragmented legacy toolsets with integrated platforms.
Backend: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate. Frontend: Angular, TypeScript, Bootstrap, Angular Material. Data: Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Kafka. DevOps: Docker, OpenShift, Ansible. Tooling: Jira, Confluence, Figma, Swagger, Postman.
Compliance policy development and regulatory monitoring systems for aircraft maintenance operations. Broader focus is digitalizing maintenance workflows and replacing inefficient legacy processes with modern digital platforms.
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